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JJACitfG ![ules and By-Laws 

OF THE 

AMERICAN TURF CONGRESS. 

RULERS, REGULATIONS 

— AND- 

BETTING RULES 

OF THE 

American Running TW 

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JANUARY 1, 1890. 



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INDEX. 



RULE. 

Aids 53 

Allowance for heats 47a 

Allowances must be claimed... 18 

Age of horse 2 

Arrears before weighing 38 

Assistant Starter 117 

Assumed name 27 

Attendants 52 

Betting grounds 120 

Betting rules 137-162 

Bolting 60 

Careless riding 55 

Cash payment required 19a 

Change of name 26 

Clerk liable 19ft 

Colors must be given 24 

Colors recorded 100 

Complaints 59 

Conditions supersede Rules 14 

Confirmation of entries 15 

Corrupt practices 106 

Craps and other games 122 

Crossing in a race 55 

Dead heat 69 

Dead heat for second place 79 

Death of a horse 34 

Death of Subscribers 33 

Deciding heat 68 

Declarations at noon 19c 

Declarations five per cent 19e 

Decorum 108 

Deductions for entrance paid. .19a 

Deputy Secretary 118 

Description of horse 23 

Determinat'n subj't to objec'n 72 
Dilatory jockeys and trainers.. 50 

Disposal of fines 103 

Disqualificat'nsfor overw'ght.. 48 

Disqualifications of horses 5') 

Distance 65 

Distance Judge 115 

Division of declaration fee 19h 

Duties of Judges 113 

Effects of objections 78-80 

End of meeting 83 

Entrance before starting 19a 



RULE. 

Entries and subscriptions 16 

Entries deputized 15 

Entries in produce races 12 

Entries not revocable 31 

Entries not void 35 

Entries to sweepstakes 22 

Examination of horses 81 

Exception of jumpers 57 

Exclusion from the course 49 

Excused after weighing out... 51 

Explanation required 44 

Extent of disqualification 56 

Fair start 52 

Feather weights 47a 

Foreign horses 99 

Forfeit orders must be paid 39 

Forfeits before starting 19a 

Forfeits before ten o'clock 38 

Forfeits must be paid 16 

Fraudulent practices 106 

Fraudulent transfers 82a 

Free handicap 9 

Fund for trainers and jockeys.,104 

Handicap 8 

Heat races -63 

Heavy welter weights 47a 

Horse (definition of] 1 

Horse distanced 64 

Horse duly entered 16 

Horse must be named 20 

Horse must start 19c 

Horses suspended 19/ 

How heat races are won 67 

Hurdle rules 123-125 

Jockeys' disobedience 52 

Jockeys' dress 100 

Jockeys' engagements 101 

Jockeys' fees 102 

Jockeys' licenses 1026 

Jockeys' suspension 102a 

Jockeys' weight 62 

Joint entries 28 

Joint subscriptions 28 

Jostle in a race 55 

Judge not in the stand 54 

Leading horse 55 



INDEX. 



RULE. 

Less distance 54 

Liability for declaration 19./' 

Liability for declaration 37 

Light welter weights 47a 

Limitation of badges 121 

Maidens (definition of) 3 

Majority governs 110 

Match (definition of) 7 

Miscarriage of entry 22 

Mistake in entry 34 

Money before weighing 38 

Money not returnable 36 

Name' in full 24 

Noalterations 32 

No change of name 21 

Nominating owners 29 

No purse walk-over 136 

Number exhibited 43 

Number of Jockey on arm 100 

Objections 73 

Objections after race 75 

Objections before race 74 

Omissions 95 

One declared, all declared 19rf 

Over weight declared 48 

Ownership of horses 82 

Owners suspended 19/ 

Owners to be paid 84 

Patrol Judges 114 

Payment for handicap 19a 

Penalties and allowances 92 

Penalties for foul riding 58 

Positions for a start 52 

Post book making 105 

Post-office address 24 

Postponement of races 112 

Post race 10 

Power of Judges 113 

Power of officers 107 

Preamble and by-laws page 4, 5 

Premium (definition of) Rule 4 

Private sweepstakes 7 

Prize 5 

Produce race 11 

Purse (definition of 5 

Race (definition of) 4 

Races for 3-y'r-olds & up ward. .47a 

Recovery of money 76 

Refusal to deliver or pay 88 

Regulations of the course 109 

Rejected entries 16 

Rider falling 61 



RULE. 

Sale with engagements 90 

Sanction of the Starter 52 

Scale of weight for age page 15 

Second or lower place Rule 70 

Secretary 118 

Selling races 85-86 

Selling races (relating to) 16 

Sex allowances 47 

Shoes and bar plates 48 

Simultaneous entries 25 

Stable employes 101 

Stake (definition of) 4 

Starters announced 41 

Starter's authority 52 

Starters weighed & numbered. 51 

steeplechase Rules 126-136 

Striking out of engagements... 89 
Subscriptions not revocable... 31 

Subscriptions transferable 30 

Substitutes Ill 

Superintendent 119 

sweepstakes (definition of ) 6 

Swerving of a horse 55 

Telegraphic entries 16 

Thirty days limit 16 

Time between heats 66 

Time for first race 42 

Timers 116 

Trainers' licenses 102 b-c 

Transferee liable 37 

Transferee's death 34 

Transfer must be exhibited 90a 

Transfer of badges 121 

Vicious or unruly horses 52 

Void start 52 

Wager (definition of) 4 

Walk-over 13 

Weighing in 62 

Weighing out 48 

Weighing room 48 

Weights for 2 y. o. exclusive... 45 
Weights for 3 y. o. exclusive... 46 

What entries shall state 17 

When owners divide 71 

When purse entries close 19 

When race is not void 6 

When sweepst'k's entries close 22 

When to lodge forfeits 40 

Who decides objections 77 

Winnings 91 

Wrong weights 54 



NO TE. — Words importing the singular to include the plural, 
and the plural the singular, unless ilie contrary is expressed. 



PREAMBLE AND BY-LAWS. 

OF THE 

AMERICAN TURF CONGRESS. 



A — Name and Membership . 

This Association is formed by the Kentucky Association of Lex- 
ington, Ky. ; Louisville Jockey Club, Louisville, Ky.; Louisiana 
Jockey Club, of New Orleans, La.; Latonia Jockey Club, of Cov- 
ington, Ky.; St. Louis Jockey Club, of St. Louis, Mo.: Washington 
Park Club, of Chicago, 111.; Twin City Jockey Club, of St. Paul and 
Minneapolis, Minn.; Overland Park Club, of Denver, Col.; Kansas 
City Fair Association, of Kansas City, Mo., and the Birmingham 
Jockey Club, of Birmingham, Ala.; and shall be known as the 
American Turf Congress, and these rules shall be known as the 
American Racing Rules. 

New members may be admitted by a two-thirds vote of the Con- 
gress ; but membership shall be confined to chartered clubs or as- 
sociations of good standing, composed of citizens of the locality 
of the club or association. There shall be an initiation fee of $100, 
and each member shall pay $25 annually as dues. The fund aris- 
ing from initiation fees and dues shall be devoted to the current 
expenses of the Congress. A member, for sufficient cause, may be 
expelled by a two-thirds vote of the Turf Congress. 

B — Object. 

These rules have for their object the improvement of the breed 
and the development of horses, through the promotion of the 
interests of the American Running Turf ; the prevention, detec- 
tion and punishment of fraud thereon ; and uniformity in the 
government of racing. 

C — By-Laws. 

Each association may be governed by its own by-laws, provided 
they do not conflict with the American Racing Rules. 

d — Go Into Effect. 

These rules shall go into operation on the first day of January, 
1890, and any other rules of racing shall be annulled, as from that 
day, without prejudice to the then existing rights or liabilities. 



BY-LAWS. 



E — Meetings. 

There shall be a meeting of the members of the different asso- 
ciations annually on the second Wednesday in November, at noon, 
at such place as may be chosen at the meeting next preceding ; a 
written or printed notice of each meeting shall be mailed, postage 
paid, and addressed by the Secretary to each member at least 
thirty days prior to such meeting. 

A special meeting of the Congress may be had on the call of the 
President alone, or on the call of the President at the request of 
any three members. 

F — Delegation. 

A delegation to a general meeting of the Association shall con- 
sist of one person, a member of the Club, duly authorized in 
writing, by the President or Secretary of their respective organi- 
zations. No association shall vote by proxy. 

G — Officers. 

There shall be a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, who 
shall hold their offices for one year. The term of the office of 
President shall be limited to one year, and no member elected 
President shall be eligible for re-election until after the lapse of 
one year. It shall be the duty of the Secretary, when present, 
to act as Secretary at the annual meeting of the Association. 
He shall keep a record of all proceedings of such meetings 
and shall attend to all correspondence relating to the affairs 
of the Association. He shall publish, or cause to be printed, a 
report of the rules adopted, or changes of the annual meeting 
of the Association. He shall call the regular meeting of the 
Association for the second Wednesday in November of each 
year at such place as may be designated by the Association at their 
last meeting, and for such services and expenses incurred shall 
be paid $200 by the Association. 

The Treasurer shall give bond to the amount of $2,500^ approved 
by the President, for the safe keeping of the funds, for which he 
shall be paid $100 per annum. 

H — Expulsion . 

All persons expelled by the American Trotting Association or 
the National Trotting Association for fraud, shall stand ruled off 
the race courses of the American Turf Congress during the con- 
tinuance of such expulsion. 



AMERICAN RACING RULES. 



DEFINITIONS. 

I — Horse. 
"Horse " includes mare or gelding. 

2— Age. 

The "age" of a horse is reckoned as beginning on the first of 
January, in the year in which he is foaled. 

3 — Maidens. 

A "maiden" horse is one that has never won a race in any 
country. Conditions referring to maidens shall mean maidens at 
the time of the entry, unless otherwise specified. 

4 — Race. 

Any contest for "purse," "stake," premium, or wager for 
money, or involving admission fees, on any course, and in the 
presence of a Judge or Judges, shall constitute a race. 

5 — Purse. 

A " purse " is a sum of money or other prize ottered for a race. 

6—S7veepstakes or Stake. 

A " sweepstakes" is a race, publicly declared open to all com- 
plying With its conditions for which the prize is the sum of the 
stakes which the subscribers agree to pay for each horse nomin- 
ated ; and if an additional sum of money, cup, plate, or other re- 
ward is offered to the winner, the race is still a sweepstakes what- 



RULES OF RACING. 



ever may be the name given to such addition. Three subscribers, 
unless otherwise stipulated in its conditions, make a sweepstakes, 
and the race is not void, so long as there is a horse qualified to 
start. 

7 — Private Sweepstakes or Match. 

A "private sweepstakes," or "match," is one to which no 
money is added, and which is not publicly advertised previous to 
the engagement being made. 

8 — Handicap. 

A " handicap" is a race for which the horses are weighted ac- 
cording to their merits in the estimation of the handicapper for 
the purpose of equalizing their chances of winning. 

9 — Free Handicap. 

A " free handicap" is one in which no liability is incurred for 
entrance money, stake, or forfeit, until acceptance of the weight 
allotted, either by direct acceptance or through omission to declare 
out. 

io— Post Race. 

A " post race " is one for which the subscribers declare at the 
usual time before a race for declaring to start, the horse or horses 
they intend to run, without other limitation of choice than the 
rules of racing and the conditions of the race prescribed. 

II — Produce Race. 

A " produce race " is one for which horses are named by whose 
produce the race is to be run. 

1 2 — How to Enter in Produce Races. 

The produce is entered by entering the dam and sire or sires. 

If a mare entered in a produce race drops her foal before the 1st 
of January, or if she has a dead or more than one foal, or is bar- 
ren, the entry of such mare is void, and the entrance money (if 
any i is returned. 



RULES OF RACING. 



1 3 — Walk- Over. 

A " walk-over" is when two horses in entirety different inter- 
ests do not run for a race or stake. 

(a)— Walk-over by any horse entitles him to only one-half of the 
added money in stakes. 

(/))— In purse races, two or more horses in entirely different in- 
terests must enter and start, or no race. 

14— CONDITIONS SUPERSEDE RULES. 

The express conditions of a race supersede the rules of racing 
when they conflict. 



15-ENTRIES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS. 

Entry shall be made by writing, signed by the owner of the 
horse, or by some person deputed by him, or may be made by tele- 
graph, if received before the time for closing. Entries by telegram 
must, however, be confirmed in writing at the earliest possible 
opportunity, and in all cases before the time for declaring to start, 
or the horse shall not be allowed to start. 

In selling races not more than one horse in the same interest 
can start. If two or more should be entered, the first one recorded 
from the entry-box shall be deemed valid. 

No entry for stakes shall be received by any. association from 
any person owing a forfeit. If any entry has been received within 
thirty days after publication of stakes in the sporting papers by 
any association, on proper notice and proof being made to said as- 
sociation by any person holding said forfeit, the secretary of said 
association shall notify the person making the entry, that his or 
their forfeit must be paid within thirty days. If not paid in that 
time, the entry shall be rejected and published in the turf papers. 

16 — Horse Must be Duly Entered. 

A horse shall not be qualified to run for any purse or sweep- 
stakes unless he has been and continues duly entered for the 
same. 



RULES OF RACING. 9 

1 7 — What an Entry Shall State. 

An entry shall state the name of the owner, and the name and 
description of the horse, and (if the race be for horses of different 
ages) his age. 

1 8 — Allowances Must be Claimed. 

Allowances must he claimed at the time of entry, except when 
otherwise specified. 

19 — When Purse Entries Close. 

No condition or notice interposing, entries for purse races are 
to be made at the office of the Clerk of the Course, at the course, 
by 4 o'clock p. M. of the day previous to the race, or if there be 
races at the course on that day, within thirty minutes after the 
last race. 

No entry for a purse shall be received after the time for closing. 

(a) — Entrance Money Paid at Time of Entry. 

The entrance-money to a purse (unless otherwise stipulated in 
its conditions) shall be three per cent, on the whole amount 
thereof, and must accompany the entry, except for free handicaps, 
when it must be paid at the time of acceptance of the weight 
allotted. 

Entrance money, stakes, and forfeits must be paid in cash (if 
required) to the Clerk of the Course. 

Parties not having money to their credit with the Secretary, 
must pay all entrances or forfeits before starting. 

(b) — Clerk of Course Liable. 

If the Clerk of the Course allow a horse to start in a race with- 
out its entrance money or stake for that race having been paid, he 
shall be liable for it himself, but may have a forfeit order issued 
for the same. 

(c) — Horse Must Start if not Declared. 

Every horse entered for a purse must start, unless he should be 
declared out to the Clerk of the Course by 12 o'clock (noon) the day 
of the race. 



10 RULES OF RACING. 



19— (d)— One Declared, All Declared. 

When a party having more than one horse entered in a purse, 
shall declare one out, he thereby declares all out. 

(e) — Five per cent. Declatations. 

Where no entrance fee is required, the declaration must be ac- 
companied by five (5) per cent, of the first money of the purse. 

(f) — Owners and Horses can be Suspended. 

Horses not starting in purse races because of unpaid forfeits 
shall be liable for the declaration fee, and owners and horses shall 
be suspended until they are paid. 

(g) — Deductions for Entrance Paid. 

If entrance fee has been paid, it shall be deducted from the 
declaration fee. 

(h) — Division of Declaration Fees. 

All declaration fees shall go : 60 per cent, to second horse, and 
40 per cent, to third horse, or all to second horse if there be but 
two starters. 

20 — Horses Must be Named. 

Every horse entered for a stake or purse shall be named, and the 
name correctly and plainly written in the entry, or it shall be 
void ; and after starting in a public race such name shall not 
be changed. 

2 1 - No Change of Name. 

No association running under these rules shall receive the entry 
of, or allow a horse whose name has been changed anywhere or on 
any course to run upon their course. Every association or club 
running under these rules shall be required to announce with their 
stakes and programmes that nominators shall name their horses 
entered in such stakes and purses. 



RILES OF RACING. H 



22— ENTRIES TO SWEEPSTAKES. 

If an hour for closing be not designated, entries for sweepstakes 
may be mailed up to midnight of the day of closing, provided 
they are received in time for compliance with every other condi- 
tion of the race. 

If miscarriage of an entry is alleged, satisfactory proof of its 
mailing must be presented within reasonable time after the day 
of closing, or the entry shall not be received. 

When an hour for closing is designated, entries for sweepstakes 
can not be received afterward. 

In the absence of notice to the contrary, entries for sweepstakes 
closing during and on the eve of a race meeting, close at the office 
of the Clerk of the Course, at the course. 

23 — Description of Horse. 

In entering a horse, he must be clearly identified by stating his 
age, his name, his color (when possible), whether he is horse, 
mare, or gelding, and the names of his sire and dam, and if his 
sire or dam is unnamed, such further pedigree or description as 
will distinguish the horse intended to be entered from all other 
horses. If his dam was covered by more than one stallion, the 
names of all of them must be given. 

24 — Name and Address. 
The party making an entry to stakes must give his name in full, 
and post-office address. 

25 _ Simultaneous Entries with Proposed Names. 
If a horse be entered with a proposed name for the first time in 
several races closing at the same place on the same day, the de- 
scription need not be added in more than the first of such entries. 

26 — Change of Name. 
If the name of a horse be changed before he has started in a 
public race, his new name, as well as his old name, must be given 
until he has once run under it over the course of a recognized as- 
sociation. 



12 RULES OF RACING. 

27 — Assumed Names. 

An owner may assume a name which must be registered with 
the Clerk of the Course, and he can not enter or subscribe in any 
other until he resumes his own name or registers another assumed 
name. The real or assumed name of any person who runs, or, 
within twenty years, has run horses in the United States, shall not 
be registered. 

28 —Joint Subscriptions and Entries. 

Joint subscriptions and entries may be made by two or more 
owners. 

The full names of all persons composing a company, and the 
real names of all persons confederating under an assumed name, 
must be registered with the Clerk of the Course. 

A confederate in an assumed name may subscribe or enter in 
his own or in another assumed name. 

If any of the parties to a joint subscription die, all rights and 
liabilities attach to the survivor or survivors. 

29 — Nominating Owners to Have Equal Interest. 

A horse can not be entered in the real or assumed name of any 
person, company, or confederacy as his owner, unless that person, 
company, or confederacy has an interest or property in the horses. 

30 — Subscriptions are Transferable. 

A person who subscribes to a sweepstakes before the time fixed 
for naming can transfer the right of entry under any one or more 
of his subscriptions to any other person or persons. 

31 — Subscription to Stakes not Revocable. 

A subscription to a stake can not be withdrawn, but an entry 
of a horse under a subscription may, before the time of closing, 
be allowed by substituting another horse. 

32 — No Alteration of Entry after Closing. 

No alteration or condition shall be made in any entry after the 
time fixed for closing. 



RULES OF RACING. 13 

33 — Death of a Subscriber. 

Subscriptions, and all entries, or rights of entry, under thern, 
shall not become void on the death of the subscriber. 
If either party to a match die the match is off. 

34 — Death or Mistake in Entry. 

The death of a horse or a mistake in the entry of a horse, when 
eligible, does not release the subscriber or transferee from liability 
for a stake or forfeit. 

35 — Entries not Void by Death. 
Entries in purses are not void by the death of the nominator. 

36 — Entrance Money not Returnable. 

Entrance money for a purse is not returned on the death of a 
horse, or his failure to start for any cause whatever. 

37 — Liability for Stakes and Forfeits. 

A person entering a horse thereby becomes liable for the en- 
trance money, stake, or forfeit. 

A subscriber to a sweepstakes is liable for the stake or forfeit, 
but if he transfer an entry or a right of entry therein to any other 
person, he is liable only in case of default by the transferee, and, 
in that case, may recover from the transferee, and shall, if he pay 
such stakes or forfeits, be entitled to a forfeit order as due to 
himself. 

38 — Money and Arrears Musi be Paid Before Starting. 

A horse shall not start for a race unless there have been duly 
paid, before weighing, any stake or entrance money payable in 
respect of that race, and also all arrears due from any person for 
such horse, or due from the person starting said horse on other 
horses ; but if there be any forfeits against said horse or persons, 
the same must have been presented to the Clerk of the Course be- 
fore ten o'clock of the day of the race. 



14 RULES OF RACING 



39 — Forfeit Orders Must be Paid. 

Each association shall issue forfeit orders, and no horse shall be 
allowed to start in a race against whom a forfeit order is lodged 
until it is paid. 

40 — When to Lodge Forfeit Orders. 

Forfeit orders must be lodged with the Clerk of the Course or 
Secretary by 10 o'clock a. m., the morning of the race. 

41 — Horses Must be Announced as Starters. 

A horse shall not be qualified to run in a race unless he has 
been announced as a starter to the Clerk of the Scales, not less 
than 45 minutes before the time appointed for the race, which 
shall, at the close of the previous race of the day, be indicated on 
a dial conspicuously placed. 

42 — Wheti the First Race Begins. 

If the time for the first race is not fixed by the programme, it 
shall be indicated on the dial. 

43 — A T umber Must be Exhibited. 

The number of a horse must be exhibited as soon as practicable 
after he has been announced as a starter. 

44 — Explanation Required if He does not Run. 

If a horse whose number has been exhibited does not start and 
run the course, the Judges may call upon the owner, trainer, or 
jockey for an explanation ; and if no satisfactory explanation be 
given, shall fine, suspend, or rule off the course, as the case may 
warrant. 

WEIGHTS TO BE CARRIED. 

The following weights shall be carried when not otherwise speci- 
fied in the conditions of a race : 



RULES OF RACING. 



15 



Standard Scale of Weight for A^e. 



DISTANCE. 



Half Mile. 



Three-quarters 
Mile 



One Mile. 



One Mile and 
a Half. 



Two Miles. 



Two Miles and 
a Half. 



Three Miles. 



Foai MHes 



AGE. 



2 years 

3 " 

4 " 

5, 6 & aged. 



f 2 years 

3 " 

4 " 

1 5, 6&a£ 

2 vears 
3" " 
4 " 
5, G& 

2 years 

3 " 



[6& aged. 

f 2 years 
I 3 " 

4 " 

5 " 

6 & aged. 

3 vears 
4* .< 

5 " 

6 & aged. 

f 3 years 

IS » 

16 & aged. 



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1.6 & aged. 



Jan 



Feb 



Mar 



Apr 



82 



99 100 

120 121 

127 128 

128 129 

98 99 

120 121 

127 128 

129 13U 



May 



June 



103 

122 
127 
128 

102 
122 
128 

129 

101 
122 
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130 

100 
122 
130 
131 



July 



Aug 



107 109 

122 122 

125 124 

126 125 



104 106 

1/2 122 

127 126 

128 127 

103! 105 



102 104 



Oct 

Sept I Nov 

Dee 



In races of intermediate lengths, the weights for the shorter distance 
are to be carried. 



16 RULES OF RACING. 



45 — Weights Exclusively for Two- Year Olds. 

In all races exclusively for two-year-olds, the following scale of 
weights shall be adopted : From January 1st to December 31st the 
weight shall be 118 lbs. 

No money shall be added to any race exclusively for two-year- 
olds carrying 118 lbs., longer than a mile. 

46 — Weights Exclusively for Three- Year- Olds. 

In all races exclusively for three-year-olds, the following scale 
of weights shall be adopted: From January 1st to December 31st, 
shall be 122 lbs. 

47 — Sex Allowances. 

Except in handicaps, and in races where the weights are fixed 
absolutely in the conditions, fillies two years old shall be allowed 
3 lbs., and mares three years old and upward shall be allowed 5 lbs. 
before the 1st of September and 3 lbs. afterward. 

47a — Miscellaneous . 

There shall be no dash race given for horses three years old and 
upwards, less than one mile. 

In all heat races there shall be an allowance of 5 lbs. from the 
scale of weights. 

Light welter weights, 28 lbs. added to weight for age. 

Heavy welter weights, 40 lbs. added to weight for age. 

Feather weights, 75 lbs. 

Welter weights shall be 28 lbs., added to weight for age, and in 
the absence of conditions, shall be the weights for steeplechases 
and hurdle races. 

48— WEIGHING OUT AND OVERWEIGHT. 

Every jockey who is to ride in the race shall weigh at the usual 
place, unless especially excused by the Judges, or his horse shall be 
disqualified. 

If a jockey intends to carry overweight, exceeding by more than 
two pounds the weight at which his horse is to run, the owner or 



RULES 01' RACING. 17 

trainer consenting, be must declare the amount of such over- 
weight to the Clerk of the Scales not later than 45 minutes before 
the time appointed for the race ; and the Clerk shall announce or 
exhibit, in some public manner, the amount of such overweight. 
with the name or number of the horse. 

A horse shall not be qualified to run in a race with more than 5 
lbs. overweight. 

If a horse carry more than 2 lbs. which has not been duly de- 
clared, or more than 5 lbs. overweight, he is disqualified. 

A horse shall not be qualified to start in a race in ordinary or 
training shoes ; if any person starts a horse in shoes, he and the 
horse may be ruled off. Bar plates may be used by consent of the 
Judges. 

No person shall be admitted to the weighing room except the 
owners, trainers, and jockeys. 

49 — Persons Allowed on Course During Race. 

Alter the horses are ordered to the starting post, and until the 
Judges direct the gates to be re-opened, all persons except the 
racing officials shall be excluded from the course to be run over. 

50-r- Dilatory Trainer or Jockey to be Fined. v 

Every trainer or jockey who does not bring his horse promptly 
to the post at the time appointed for the race shall be fined. 

51—^ St aiter. 

Every horse whose jockey has weighed out, and whose number 
has been put up, is a starter, and shall be liable for his whole 
stake. If a horse is excused after he is weighed out, all book bets 
on the race are void, and additional time, before the race, shall be 
granted by the Judges. In auction pools and French mutuals the 
money on the excused horse shall be refunded. 

52— The Positions for a Start. 

The position of horses in starting shall be determined by lot by 
the Judges. 



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The winner of a heat shall, at the next start, have the inside 
position, and the others shall take their positions on his right, in 
the order in which they came out in the previous heat. 

Nevertheless, the starter may place vicious or unruly horses 
where they can not injure others. 

A horse in the hands of the starter shall receive no further care 
from his attendants. 

RUNNING. 

The horse must be started by .the jockey. With the sanction of 
the starter, he may be led to his position. The jockey must not 
dismount except to set right insecure equipments. 

If an accident happens to a rider or his equipments, except 
while repeating heats, the starter may grant a delay not exceeding 
fifteen minutes, which, in extreme cases, may be extended by the 
Judges. 

During such delay the other jockeys may dismount and their 
horses be given up to their attendants. 

The horses shall be started by a drum or flag. When the starter 
has started the horses by tap of drum or by dropping the flag, 
there shall be no recall. 

The starter may give all such orders and take all such measures 
as are necessary to secure a fair start, and in particular may order 
the horses to draw up in a line, as far behind the starting post as 
he thinks necessary. 

The starter shall have authority to fine or suspend a jockey for 
disobedience of his order, or for attempting to take any unfair ad- 
vantage, but the suspension of a jockey shall not take effect until 
after the last race of the day of his suspension, and shall not ex- 
tend beyond the meeting without the approval of the officers of 
the association. 

If the starter allows a start to take place in front of the starting 
post, the start is void, and the horses must be started again. 

53— Of Aids. 

No person other than the rider shall be permitted to strike a 
horse, or attempt, by shouting or otherwise, to assist a horse in 
getting a start, or increase his speed in running any race. Nor 



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shall any person stand in the track to point out a path for the 
rider, under a penalty of exclusion from the course for either of- 
fense ; and if such person shall be the owner, trainer, or attendant 
of such horse, or instigated to the act by either of the said persons, 
such horse shall be disqualified. 

54 — When a Race is to be Run Over. 

If a race has been run by all the horses at wrong weights, or at 
a less distance, or when a Judge is not in the stand, it shall be run 
again at such time as the officers appoint, but at an interval of not 
less than twenty minutes, if the distance to be run is two miles or 
less, or more than thirty minutes if over two miles. 

55 — Crossing or Jostling in the Race. 

A leading horse is entitled to any part of the course, but if he 
swerve to either side so as to compel another to shorten his stride 
and to impede him, it is a cross. 

A horse which crosses or jostles another so as to impede him is 
disqualified, whether the cross or jostle happened through the 
willful or careless riding of the jockey or the swerving of the horse, 
unless the Judges think that the cross or jostle was wholly caused 
by the fault of some other horse or jockey, or that the other horse 
or his jockey was partly in fault. 

A horse may be disqualified if his jockey strikes another horse 
or jockey, and shall be disqualified if he rides either willfully or 
carelessly so as to injure another horse, which is in no way in 
fault. 

56 — Extent of Disqualification. 

When a horse is disqualified under these rules, every horse in 
the race belonging wholly or in part to the same owner is also dis- 
qualified. 

57— Exception as to Steeplechases and Hurale Races. 

In steeplechases and hurdle races, a horse is not disqualified 
under these rules, unless in the opinion of the Judges he is inten- 
tionally ridden so as to jeopardize the chance of success of another 
horse. 



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58 — Penalty for Foul Riding. 

If the Judges are satisfied that the riding of any race was inten- 
tionally foul, or that the jockey was instructed or induced so to 
ride, all persons guilty of complicity in the offense shall he ruled 
off the course. 

Any one ruled off for fraud shall stand ruled off for life. 

59 — Complaints . 

The Judges must take notice of acts of foul riding or other ques- 
tionable transactions on the turf. Complaints under this rule can 
be received from the owner, trainer, or jockey of the horse alleged 
to be affected, and must be made to the Judges either before or 
immediately after the jockeys in the race have passed the scales. 
Complaints can be made by any person; but on the failure of the 
complainant to substantiate the charge, the Judges may rule him 
off. 

60 — Horse Bolting. 

If a horse leaves the course, he must turn back and run the 
course from the point at which he left it. 

61 — Rider Falling. 

If a rider fall, and another person of sufficient weight ride the 
horse in from the spot where the rider fell, the horse shall not be 
disqualified for overweight. 

62— WEIGHING IN. 

Every jockey must, immediately after pulling up, ride his horse 
to the place of weighing, and there dismount, after obtaining per- 
mission of the Judge, and be weighed by the Clerk of the Scales; 
provided that if a jockey be prevented from riding to the place of 
weighing by reason of accident or illness, by which he or his horse 
is disabled, he may walk or be carried to the scales. 

If a jockey does not weigh in, or is short of weight, or is guilty 
of any fraudulent practice with respect to weight or weighing, or 
dismounts before obtaining permission, or touches (except acci- 



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dentally ) any person or thing other than his own equipments 
before weighing in, his horse may be disqualified, and he may be 
fined or suspended, unless he can satisfy the Judges that he was 
justified by extraordinary circumstances. 

No one shall assist the jockey in taking his equipments off his 
horse except by permission of the Judges. 

It is optional for a jockey to weigh out or in with his bridle, 
and the Clerk of the Scales shall allow one pound for a curb or 
double bridle ; but no weight shall be allowed for a sua tile bridle 
unless it is put into the scales before the horse is Led away, and no 
whip or substitute for a whip shall be allowed in the scales. Jockey 
whips shall not exceed one pound in weight. 

If a horse run in a hood, blinkers or clothing, it must be in- 
cluded in the jockey's weight. 

Horses not bringing in their weight, or within two pounds of it, 
shall be disqualified, but the Judges shall make allowances for 
overplus occasioned by rain or mud. 

Jockeys maybe fined by the Clerk of the Scales for gross mis- 
behavior at the scales. 

63— HEAT RACES. 

No person shall start more than one horse, of which he is 
wholly or in part the owner, in a race of heats. 

64 — When a Horse is Distanced. 

All horses whose heads have not reached the distance post as 
soon as the leading horse arrives at the winning post are dis- 
tanced, but as proof of the fact the Distance Judge must have 
dropped his flag in answer to the Judge's flag. 

65— A Distance. 

in heats of three-quarters of a mile, twenty-five yards shall be a 
distance. 

In heats of one mile, thirty yards shall be a distance. 
In heats of two miles, fifty yards shall be a distance. 
In heats of three miles, sixty yards shall lie a distance. 
In heats of four miles, seventy yards shall be a distance. 



22 RULES OF RACING. 

66 — Time Betiveen Heats. 

The time between heats shall be— 

In heats of three-quarters of a mile, twenty minutes. 

In heats of one mile, twenty minutes. 

In heats of two miles, twenty-five minutes. 

In heats of three miles, thirty-five minutes. 

In heats of four miles, forty minutes. 

67 — How Heat Races are Won. 

In a race of heats, best two in three, a horse that actually wins 
two heats, or distances the field, wins the race. A horse running 
in two consecutive heats, without winning or running a dead heat 
can not again start'in the race. A dead heat is a heat against every 
horse in the race except those making it, and in their favor to the 
extent only of allowing them to start in the next two heats, unless 
the race is decided, or they are distanced the next two ensuing 
heats. When a race is won by two heats, the preference of the 
horses is determined by the place they get in the second. If more 
than two heats are run, the horses starting for the deciding heats 
shall alone be placed. 

In a race of heats, best three in five, a horse that actually wins 
three heats or distances the field, wins the race. A horse running 
in any three consecutive heats, without winning or running a dead 
heat, can not again start in the race. A dead heat is a heat against 
every horse in the race except those making it, and in their favor 
to the extent only of allowing them to start in three heats, unless 
the race is decided or they are distanced the next three ensuing 
heats. When a race is won by three heats, the preference of the 
horses is determined by the place they get in the third heat. If 
more than three heats are run, the horses starting for the deciding 
heats shall alone be placed. 

Horses started and drawn before a race of heats is won, are held 
to be distanced. 

Horses shall be placed in the race in the position in which they 
passed the Judges in the deciding heat. A horse not placed in a 
deciding heat can have no place in the race: nor can such horse 
have any portion of the purse or prize; provided there is no third 



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money, in which case the third horse in the race of heats shall not 
be deprived of third money if ruled out for not winning a heat in 
two, three or more heats, as the case may be. 

68— The Deciding Heat. 

The deciding heat of a race is one in which two or more heats 
have been run. and that determines the result, by the starters for 
that particular heat, in which there shall be no distance. 

(a) If any person draw or sell his horse (if by the sale the horse 
be drawn) during the pendency of a race of heats, without permis- 
sion of the Judges, he shall be ruled off the course. 

69— DEAD HEATS. 

In races not of heats, a dead heat for the first place shall be run 
offafter the last flat race of the day, unless the Judges otherwise 
appoint, but at an interval of not less than twenty minutes. 

The other horses shall be deemed to have been beaten, but they 
shall be entitled to their places (if any) as if the race had been 
finally determined the first time. 

70 — For Second or Lower Place. 

If a dead heat be run by two or more horses for second or any 
lower place in a race, the owner shall divide, subject to the rules 
applicable to objections, when the winner is objected to; and if 
they can not agree as to which of them is to have a cup or other 
prize, which can not be divided, they shall draw lots for it. 

71 — How and W 'hen Owners Divide 

When owners divide, they shall divide equally all the moneys 
and other prizes which any of them could take, if the dead heats 
were run off; but owners can not divide in a race <>t' heats, or in a 
race where any of the horses are to be sold, or in any race where 
divisions would conflict with any of its conditions. 

Horses running a dead heat for a race or place shall be deemed 



24 RULES OF RACING. 

winners of the race or place until the dead heat is run off, or the 
owners agree to divide; and if the owners agree to divide, each 
horse which divides shall be deemed a winner of the race or place 
for which he divides. 

72-- Judges' Determination Subject to Objection. 

The determination of the Judges declaring a horse to have won, 
or to be entitled to a place, shall be final, unless some objection is 
made and allowed on the ground of disqualification, provided that 
this rule shall not prevent the Judges from correcting any mistake. 

73— OBJECTIONS. 

Every objection must be made by the owner, trainer, or jockey 
of some other horse engaged in the same race, or by the officials of 
the course, or some creditable person, and on race days must be 
made to one of the Judges of the race, or to the Clerk of the Course, 
and at other times, to one of the officers, or to the Clerk of the 
Course. 

The person to whom an objection is made may require it to be 
put in writing and signed. 

74 — Objection Before Race. 

If an objection to a horse engaged in a race be made not later 
than eleven o'clock on the morning of the day of the race, the 
Officers may require his qualification to be proved before the race, 
and in default of such proof being given to their satisfaction, they 
may declare him disqualified. 

75 — When Objections After Race are to be Made. 

An objection to a horse on the ground of his not having run the 
proper course, or of any other matters occurring in the race (ex- 
cept those coming under a previous rule;, must be made before 
the numbers of the horses placed in the race are put up. 

An objection on the ground of fraudulent or willful misstate- 
ment or omission in the entrv under which a horse has run, or on 



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the ground that the horse which ran was not the horse which he 
was represented to be in the entry or at the time of the race, or was 
not of the age which he was represented to be, may be received at 
any time within twelve months after the race. 

76 — Recovery of Money Paid Over Before Objection. 

If by reason of an objection to a horse made after the conclu- 
sion of the meeting, a race or place is awarded to another, his 
owner can recover the money, or such race or place from those 
who wrongfully received it, and in case of default shall be entitled 
to a forfeit order. 

77— Who Shall Decide Objections. 

Every objection shall be determined by the Judges of the race. 

The functions of the Judges of a race cease when they deter- 
mine the places of the horses in the race, subject to objections 
they have not decided, and thereafter the determination of all 
matters affecting the race devolves on the Officers of the Associa- 
tion. 

78 — Effects of Objection, if Valid. 

If an objection to a horse which has won or been placed in a 
race be declared valid, the horse shall be regarded as distanced in 
races of heats, and as last in other races, and the other horses shall 
take their places accordingly. 

79 — In Case of Dead Heat for Second Place. 

When a dead heat is run for second place and an objection is 
made to the winner of the race, if such objection be declared valid 
in time for the dead heat to be run off on the day of the race, the 
Judges may direct it to be run off accordingly, otherwise the 
horses which ran a dead heat shall divide or draw lots for an indi- 
visable prize, and each horse which divides shall be liable to the 
penalties attaching to a winner of that race. 

Every objection which can not be decided by the Judges or otii- 



26 RULES OF RACING. 

cers during the meeting, must be made in writing and lodged with 
the Clerk of the Course. 

An objection made in writing can not be withdrawn without 
leave of the Officers of the Association. 

All costs and expenses in relation to determining an objection 
shall be paid by the person decided against. 

If the Officers of the Association decide an objection to be friv- 
olous, they may fine the person making it, or rule him off. 

80 — Effect of Pending Objection. 

Pending the determination of an objection, any money or prize 
which the horse objected to may have won or may win in the race 
shall be withheld until the objection is determined, and any for- 
feit payable by the owner of any other horse shall be paid to the 
Clerk of the Course, and held for the person who may be deter- 
mined to be entitled to it. 

When any race is in dispute, both the horse which came in first 
and any horse claiming the race, shall be liable to all the penalties 
attaching to the winner of that race until the matter is decided. 

81 — -Judge May Order Examination and Call for Proofs of 
Age of Horses. 

The Judges shall have power at any time, and either upon or 
without objection made, to order an investigation by such person 
or persons as they think fit, of any horse entered for a race, or 
which has run for a race, and shall withhold any money the horse 
or his owner may have won until such investigation is made. 

If the horse be declared to be of the wrong age, the expense of 
such examination shall be paid by the owner. Otherwise it shall 
be paid by the person (if any) at whose request the examination is 
ordered, or by tbe Association, as the Judges direct. 

82 — Ownership of Horse. 

The Officers of the Association shall also have power to call on 
any person in whose name a horse is entered to produce proof that 
the horse entered is not the property, either wholly or in part, of 



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any person who owes a forfeit or otherwise disqualified, or to pro- 
duce proof of the extent of his interest or property in the horse, 
and in default of such proof being given to their satisfaction, they 
may declare the horse disqualified. 

$2a — Fraudulent Transfer. 

If any transfer is made for the purpose of avoiding payment of 

forfeits or any disqualification, the person making and receiving 
such transfers mav be ruled off. 



83-WHEN MEETING ENDS. 

In any other case an objection shall be made before the conclu- 
sion of the meeting, which is deemed to conclude one hour after 
the last race on the last dav. 



84— WHEN OWNERS ARE TO BE PAID. 

Payment of the moneys due to owners of horses which have run 
during the meeting c&ay be made on the day after the meeting. 



85-SELLING RACES. 

Any horse running for any race "to be sold,"' shall, if the winner, 
be liable to be claimed for the selling price, and if it is a condition 
of the race that the winner is to be sold by auction, the sale shall 
take place immediately after the race, and one-half of any surplus 
over the selling price shall go to the second horse and the remain- 
der to the Association. If sold, the horse shall not leave the place 
of sale until authorized by the clerk of the Course to do so ; and if 
the horse be not paid for, or the Clerk of the Course be not satis- 
fied with the security, he may order the horse to lie put up a sec- 
ond time, and the purchaser at the first sale shall he responsible 
for any deficiency arising from the second sale. 

The price of every horse sold must he paid to the clerk of the 
Course, and an order he given by him for the delivery of the horse. 



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86— Special Rule for Selling Races, When Horses are Objected to. 

Subject to the rules relating to objections, the following special 
provisions shall apply to selling races : 

la) If the objection has not been made until after the horse has 
been bought, the person who bought him, shall, if the objection is"* 
declared valid, have the option of returning him or retaining him 
at the selling price, and any money returnable by reason of the ex- 
ercise of such option, whether price or surplus, shall be repaid by 
those to whom it has been paid over, and in case of default the 
person to whom it is due shall have a forfeit order for the same. 

(b) If the objection has been made before the horse has been 
bought, the time for delivering but not for selling him, is thereby 
postponed until such time after the determination of the objection 
as the Judges appoint, and if the objection be declared valid, the 
person who bought him in shall have the same option as in the 
last mentioned case. 

(c) If the objection be declared valid before the close of the 
races of the same day, the horse to whom the race is given shall 
then be sold by auction, if it be a condition of the race that the 
winner is to be thus sold, and any surplus resulting from his sale 
and from the previous sale of the horse objected to, shall be treated 
as surplus from the sale of the winner, and be divided accordingly, 
but liability to be sold shall in all cases end with the day of the 
race. 

87 — Refusal to Deliver or Pay in a Selling Race. 

Any person who refuses to deliver, as required by these rules, a 
horse entered to be sold or one bought in a selling race, shall be 
ruled off the course, and the horse shall be disqualified for all 
races. 

8S — Failure to Pay. 

Any person who fails to pay for a horse bought in a selling race 
may be ruled off the course. 

89 — Striking Out of Engagement. 

No horse shall be considered as struck out of his engagements 
unless the declaration be made by the owner, or by some person 



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deputed by him, to the Clerk of the Course, who shall record the 
day and hour of its receipt, and give early publicity thereto. 
The striking of a horse out of an engagement is irrevocable. 

90— Sale With Engagement, and Liability for Engagements of 
Horses Sold. 

When a horse is sold with his engagements, or any part of them, 
the seller can not strike the horse out of any such engagements, 
and he remains liable for the amounts of the forfeits in each of 
the engagements; but he shall, if compelled to pay them by the 
purchaser's default, be entitled to a forfeit order, as due by the 
purchaser to himself. 

In all cases of sale by private treaty, the written acknowledg- 
ment of both parties that the horse was sold with the engagement 
is necessary to entitle the seller or buyer to the benefit of this rule, 
and if certain engagements be specified, it is to be understood that 
those only are sold with the horse; but when the horse is sold by 
public aution, the advertised conditions of the sale are sufficient 
evidence ; and if certain engagements only be specified, it is to be 
understood that these only are sold with the horse ; and if he has 
been bought in a race of which it was a condition that the horse 
was to be sold with his engagements, this is also sufficient. 

When a horse is sold without an engagement, the seller may 
grant or refuse the right to start for it, but in selling races the 
horse's engagements are included. 

When a person is entitled by purchase or otherwise to start for 
any engagement a horse which was entered by another person, 
and he is prevented by these rules from starting the horse without 
paying forfeits or defaults on that horse to which he would not 
otherwise be liable, he may, if he pays such forfeits or defaults, 
start the horse, and shall be entitled to a forfeit order with the 
name of the horse in respect of which thev are due as due to him- 
self. 

9cfl — Transfer Must be Exhibited. 

in case of any transfer of a horse with his engagements, such 
horse will not be eligible to start in any stake, unless at the usual 
time of the running of the stake, or prior thereto, the transfer of 



30 RULES OF RACING. 



the horse and his engagements shall be exhibited to the Secretary 
or President of the Association. 



91 _WINNINGS. 

Winnings shall include all prizes up to the time appointed for 
the start, and shall apply to all races in any country, and winning 
shall include walking over or receiving forfeit. 

Winnings during the year shall be reckoned from the first of 
January preceding. 

Winner of a certain sum shall mean winner of a single race of 
that value, unless otherwise expressed in the conditions. 

Any horse qualified at the time of entry, shall continue to be 
qualified, unless otherwise specified in the conditions of the race. 

In estimating the value of a race, there shall be deducted the 
amount of the winner's own stake and any money payable to the 
horses, or out of the stakes by the conditions of the race, or by the 
general conditions of the meeting ; entrance money to a purse or 
entrance money going to a race fund shall not be deducted. 

The value of any prize not of money or not paid in money, shall 
not be estimated. 

In estimating the winnings of a horse, second and third money 
shall not be counted against him. 



92— PENALTIES AND ALLOWANCES. 

(a) — Not Cumulative. 

Penalties and allowances are not cumulative, unless so declared 
by the conditions of the race. 

(b) — Exceptions of Matches or Private Sweepstakes. 

Allowances and extra weights shall not be allowed or incurred 
in respect of matches or private sweepstakes. 



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(c)— As to Selling Races. 



31 



Where winners of selling races are exempted from penalties, 
only such horses as have run to be sold shall be entitled to the 
allowance. 

93 — Allowances in Produce Races. 

Allowances to the produce of untried horses extend only to the 
produce of horses whose produce in any country have not ceased 
to be maidens up to the day previous to that fixed for claiming 
allowances, and any such allowances shall be claimed before the 
expiration of the time for naming and shall not be lost by winning 
after that time. 

94 — As to Steeplechases and Hurdle Races. 

Winners or losers of steeplechases or hurdle races are not con- 
sidered winners or losers in flat racing. 

OMISSIONS. 

95 — Sunday Omitted in Computing Time. 

When the last day for doing anything in relation to a race falls 
on a Sunday, it may be done on the following Monday, unless the 
race to which such act relates is appointed for that day, in which 
case it must be done on the previous Saturday. 

96 — Omission of Weight. 

When a match or sweepstakes is made, and no weight men- 
tioned, the horse shall carry the weights specified in the scale of 
weights. 

97 — Omissions of Distance. 

When a match or sweepstakes is made and no distance men- 
tioned, the distance shall be as follows : 
If two years old, six furlongs. 
If three years old, one mile and a half. 
If four years old, two miles. 
If five years old or upward, three miles. 



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And if the horses be of different ages, the distance shall be 
fixed by the age of the youngest. 

98 — Omissions of Day. 

If the meeting be specified and no day mentioned for a race, it 
shall be on any day in that meeting the Association appoint ; if 
neither day nor meeting be mentioned, then it shall be run during 
the meeting in progress, or during the next meeting, should the 
race be made between meetings— in both cases on the day the As- 
sociation may appoint. 



99— FOREIGN HORSES. 

A horse foaled out of the United States shall not be qualified to 
start for any race until his owner has produced a certificate stating 
the age, pedigree and color of the horse, and any mark by which 
he or she may be distinguished, signed by the secretary or other 
officer of some approved racing club, or by some approved magis- 
trate or public officer of the country in which the horse was foaled, 
or has produced other evidence of identity and age satisfactory to 
the Association. 



100— DRESS OF JOCKEYS, 
Number, and Recoi d of Colors. 

All riders must be dressed in jockey costume— cap and jacket of 
silk or satin, white or light colored breeches and top boots. 

Each jockey shall wear a number on his arm corresponding 
with the number on the programme of the day. 

The colors selected by owners may be recorded with the Clerk 
of the Course, and when thus recorded shall not be used by others 
except in case of death or withdrawal from the turf for five 
years. 

A list of colors that have been recorded shall be posted in the 
office of the Clerk of the Course. 



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ioi— ENGAGEMENT OF JOCKEYS AND STABLE 
EMPLOYES. 

Owners and trainers employing riders, grooms, or attendants 
shall make their contracts in writing, properly signed and 
witnessed, whenever the time covered by the contract exceeds 
thirty days. Any person attempting to entice a rider, groom, or 
attendant away from his employer, who is under contract, may be 
ruled oft'. 

In the absence of special agreement, a jockey, groom, or at- 
tendant who accepts a retainer can not terminate it otherwise 
than by three months' notice, in writing, ending at the close of 
the year. If a jockey, groom, or attendant be prevented from 
riding or service by suspension for fraudulent practices or other 
misconduct, any person who has retained or employed him may 
cancel the contract or retainer. In like cases, if any owner or 
trainer be prevented from running or training by suspension or 
fraudulent practices or other misconduct, the rider, groom, or at- 
tendant may cancel the contract or retainer. When any owner or 
trainer shall discharge a rider, groom, or attendant, he shall give 
him a written discharge, setting forth the causes and reasons for 
the discharge. Refusing to do so he shall be fined or suspended. 
Any owner or trainer who shall employ a rider for the purpose of 
preventing him from riding for other parties in the same race 
may be suspended or ruled off. 

Any rider or employe prevented from obtaining employment 
by this rule shall have the right of appeal to the Association, who 
may authorize the engagement. 

If a jockey rides, or agrees to ride, a race without the consent of 
his employer, the Association may fine or suspend him, and may 
also fine or suspend the owner or trainer for whom he rode or 
agreed to ride. 

If a jockey engaged for a certain race, or for a specified time, 
refuses to fulfill an engagement, the Association shall fine or sus- 
pend him. 

102— JOCKEY FEES. 

In the absence of a special agreement, the fee to a winning 
jockey in stake races shall be twenty-rive dollars, and to a losing 



34 RULES OF RACING. 

jockey ten dollars ; to a winning jockey in purse races fifteen dol- 
lars, and to a losing jockey five dollars. In case an owner or 
trainer shall engage two or more jockeys for the same race, he shall 
pay the losing fee for each jockey engaged who does not ride for 
some one else in the same race. 



(a) — Suspension of Jockeys. 

If a jockey should refuse to ride for or accept the fees as above 
provided, he shall, on complaint, be suspended for such a period 
of time as may be decided by the Judges. 



LICENSES FOR JOCKEYS AND TRAINERS. 

(b) Trainers and jockeys, before acting as such, shall each pro- 
cure a license from the Secretary of the American Turf Congress, 
by application to him, or on recommendation of any association 
running under these rules. Such license shall be for not more 
than one year, and shall expire on the first of January next after 
its issuance. The fee for each license shall be five dollars. 

(c) In case a party is trainer and jockey also, one license only 
will be necessary. 

(d) This rule shall be applicable to trainers and jockeys whether 
owners or not. 

(e) The said license may be revoked for good cause by any asso- 
ciation, and any association permitting a trainer or jockey to act 
as such on its grounds without having a license, shall pay a fine of 
fifty dollars. 

103 — Fines and their Disposal. 

All fines must be paid within twenty-four hours. Delinquents 
shall be suspended from all privileges of the course until their 
fines are paid. 

The proceeds of all fines and licenses shall be paid to the Secre- 
tary of the American Turf Congress, and be applied under the di- 
rection of the American Turf Congress as they may direct. 



RULES OF RACING. 35 



104 — The Fund for Trainers and Jockeys. 

The fund arising from license fees shall be in the keeping of the 
Treasurer, and shall be sacredly kept and used for the benefit of 
sick, superannuated, and injured trainers and jockeys in good 
standing, and who are not able to support themselves. 

To entitle a trainer or jockey to the benefit from this fund, the 
sickness or injury must exist or occur at the course of a member 
of this Congress. 

All payments from the fund shall be made upon the order of 
the Congress, unless in case of urgency or immediate need, when 
payments may be made on an order of the Association where the 
case arises. 

At the close of each session of the Congress the custodian of the 
fund shall invest the amount remaining in his hands, less bills or- 
dered paid, on safe personal collateral or real estate security , at 
interest, the investment and security to be approved by the Con- 
gress, or by the President, in writing. 

105— POST BOOK-MAKING. 

In case any association permits post book-making, no book- 
maker shall be permitted to make books upon any race in which 
he has a horse running, in whom he has any interest, directly or 
indirectly. Upon proof of the fact, the offending party may be 
suspended or ruled off. 

106-CORRUPT AND FRAUDULENT PRACTICES. 

[f any person corruptly give or offer any money, share in a bet, 
or other benefit to any person having official duties in relation to 
a race, or to any jockey; or, 

If any person having official duties in relation to a race, or any 
jockey, corruptly accept or offer to accept any money, share in a 
bet, or other benefit ; or, 

If any person willfully enter or cause to be entered, or to start 
for any race a horse which he knows to be disqualified ; or, 

If any person be proved, to the satisfaction of the officer^, to 
have watched, or to have employed any person to watch a trial on 



36 



RULES OF RACING. 



a private course, or to have obtained surreptitiously, any informa- 
tion respecting a trial on a private or public course, from any per- 
son engaged in it or in the service of the owner and trainer of the 
horses tried, or respecting any horse in training from any person 
in such service ; or, 

If any person be guilty of any other corrupt or fraudulent prac- 
tices on the turf in this or any other country. 

Every person so offending shall be ruled off the course. 

Every person ruled off the course of a recognized association 
shall be ruled off the course wherever these rules have force. 

When a person is ruled off the course, or suspended, and so long 
as his exclusion continues, he shall not be allowed on the grounds 
of the course, and he shall not be qualified, whether acting as 
agent or otherwise, to subscribe for, or to enter or to run any horse 
for any race, in either his own name or that of any other person, 
and any horse of which he is wholly or partly the owner, or which 
after one month from his exclusion, shall be proved to the satis- 
faction of the association to be under his care, management, train- 
ing or superintendence, shall be disqualified. 

If a person be so excluded for any fraudulent practice in rela- 
tion to a particular horse, wholly or partly belonging to him, such 
horse shall be perpetually disqualified for all races, and such per- 
son shall return all money or prizes which such horse has fraudu- 
lently won in any race at any meeting. 

Touts, wl^en known, shall be debarred the privileges of the 
race-courses and grounds. 



107 — General Powers of Officers. 

When there is no specified penalty for violation of the rules of 
racing, or of the regulations of the course, the officers shall have 
power to fine, suspend, expel from or rule off the course. 

If any case occur which is not, or which is alleged not to be 
provided for by these rules, it shall be determined by the officers 
in such manner as they think just and conformable to the usage of 
the turf. 



RULES OF RACING. 37 



1 08 — Decorum. 

If any owner, trainer, jockey, or attendant, or any person use 
improper language to the racing officials, he may be ruled off the 
course. 

REGULATIONS OF THE COURSE. 

109 — Powers of Officers of the Association. 

During their term of office, the Officers of the Association shall 
have the entire management of the course and of the racing, and 
the appointment of the officials of the course, whose acts they shall 
have power to regulate and revise. 

They shall have power to fine, suspend, rule off, or expel, at 
their discretion, any person for misbehavior, or for violation of 
the rules of racing, or of any regulations they may establish not 
inconsistent therewith. 

They shall exclude from the stands and grounds improper char- 
acters and persons who have been ruled off the course for corrupt 
practices on the turf in any country, so long as the sentence 
against such persons remains in force. 

They shall have a discretionary power to warn any person off 
any premises in the occupation of the Jockey Club, and in case of 
such notice being disregarded, to enforce them by proper orders. 

Any person exhibiting a deadly weapon upon the grounds of 
any association may be suspended or expelled. 

1 10 — Majority to Govern. 
When the officers differ, the decision of a majority shall prevail. 

1 1 I — Szibstilutes. 

Should there be necessity on a race day for prompt judicial 
action on the part of the Officers of the Association, or executive 
committee, and less than three of them are on the course, the 
member or members present shall increase their number to three 
by selections from the governors, stewards, or officials of the 
Jockey Club, and the substitutes thus appointed shall, for the oc- 
casion, possess full authority. 



38 RULES OF RACING. 

112 — Postponement of Races. 

The officers or executive committee shall have power to post- 
pone races. When races are postponed, handicaps stand— purse 
races are off, and may be reopened and close at the hour pre- 
scribed by the rules. 

In case of postponement, associations may double up their races 
in order to finish their meeting on the last day, so as not to inter- 
fere with the meeting of any other association that may follow. 
No race or heat shall be run when it is so dark that the horses can 
not be plainly seen by the Judges from the stand, but all such 
races shall be continued by the Judges to the next day (omitting 
Sunday) at such hour as they shall designate. 



113 — Duties and Powers of Judges, 

There shall be three Judges— a presiding Judge and two assist- 
ants—who shall decide which horse wins, and assign their respect- 
ive places in the race to as many horses as they think proper, ex- 
cept when in running the best of heats it is necessary to place all 
the horses. 

No one interested in the result of a race, either because of 
ownership of any horse, bets or otherwise, shall act as judge, 
starter, or official therein, and the presiding Judge, previous to the 
race, shall inquire of the Judges selected whether they are so inter- 
ested. For any violation of this rule, the parties may be suspended 
or ruled off. 

When the Judges differ, the majority shall govern. 

If one of the Judges be in their stand when the horses pass the 
winning post, the heat or race shall not be void. 

The Judges shall have control of the horses in the race, their 
jockeys and attendants. Any person refusing to obey their orders 
may be fined or suspended, or ruled off the course. They shall 
determine all questions relative to the race, which can be decided 
within a reasonable time after the finish, and shall then assign 
their places to the horses, subject to objections they have not 
decided. 

They shall exclude from their stand during the running of a 
race all persons except the Clerk of the Course. 



RULES OF RACING. 39 

The Judges shall have control of horses in purse races from the 
time of declaration at 12 o'clock (noon), the day of the race, and 
in stakes when declarations to start are made, forty rive minutes 
previous to the race. 

The Judges in their discretion, where fraud is suspected, shall 
have the right to put upon a horse a rider selected hy them, and 
shall have a right to place the horse in charge of a trainer they 
may select. Any owner or trainer who refuses to permit a rider or 
trainer to be changed as herein provided, and any trainer or rider 
who refuses to take charge of, or ride a horse on the order of the 
Judges, shall be ruled off. 



1 14— Patrol Judges. 

The Judges or officers may appoint patrol Judges, whose duty it 
shall be to observe the race from points designated to them, and if 
any foul riding or other irregularity come under their observa- 
tion, to report to the Judges immediately after the heat or race. 



1 1 ^ — Distance Judges. 

When running the best of heats, the Distance Judge and his 
assistants shall occupy a stand at the proper distance, and at the 
termination of each heat, report to the Judges the horse or horses 
that have been distanced. 



1 1 6 — Timers. 

There shall be one or more timers, not to exceed three, who 
shall occupy the timers' stand, and declare the official time of the 
race, and no one else shall be allowed in the timers' stand during 
the race. 

1 1 7 — Assistant Starter. 

With the sanction of the Officers of the Association, the starter 
may appoint his assistant. 



40 RULES OF RACING. 

118 — Secretary or his Deputy. 

The Secretary or his deputy shall attend the Judges during each 
race; he shall discharge all the duties, whether expressed or im- 
plied, required by the racing rules, and report to the Officers or the 
Judges, as the case may demand, all violations of those rules, or of 
the regulations of the course, coming under his notice; he shall 
keep a complete record of all races, and at the close of each meet- 
ing, make a report of the races to the Officers ; he shall receive all 
stakes, forfeits, entranee moneys, and fines, and pay over all 
moneys so collected by him to such Officers as the club may 
select. 

1 19 — Superintendent . 

It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to assign to appli- 
cants such stables as he may think proper, to be occupied only by 
horses in preparation for racing. He shall see that the coiirse is 
kept in order at all proper times for training and racing, and ex- 
ercise such general control over it as may be necessary to protect 
its condition and the rights of all parties using it. He shall have 
the general authority to preserve order and prevent improper con- 
duct upon the course and grounds connected therewith, and shall 
decide all conflicting claims of privileges between parties occupy- 
ing them for any purpose. 

120 — Betting Grounds. 

Jockeys, grooms, and stable boys are positively forbidden the 
betting grounds. The parties so offending may be fined, suspended 
or ruled off. 

1 2 1 — Limitation and Transfer of Badges. 

Free badges shall not be issued by any association except in the 
following cases: 

Not exceeding one owner's badge to each stable on the grounds. 

No exceeding one attache's badge for each horse in a stable and 
on the grounds. 

Purchasers of privileges shall not have the right of Free Entrance 
by reason of their purchases. 



RULES OF RACING. 4! 

The transfer or giving of complimentary, press, or any other 
kind of badges, presented by the Association to any other party, 
shall exclude both the party giving or receiving said badges from 
the grounds of the Association. 

122 — Craps and Other Species of Games. 

Craps, and all other species of gambling games, by trainers, 
jockeys, attendants, or any other parties, are positively forbidden 
about the stables and grounds of the various associations gov- 
erned by these rules. The parties so offending may be suspended 
or ruled off. 

123— HURDLE RULES. 

The rules of flat and steeplechase races, as far as applicable, 
shall apply to hurdle races. 

124— Winning Horse. 

The term "winning horse," with reference to those liable to 
carry extra weight, or to be excluded from any race, shall apply 
only to winners of hurdle races, value $100 and upward, not in- 
cluding the winner's own stake. 

125 — Distance of Hurdle Races. 

No hurdle race shall be of less than one mile (if a dash race), or 
less than four nights of hurdles, and in all longer races there shall 
be an additional flight of hurdles in each quarter of a mile or 
part of one. 

126-STEEPLEOHASE RULES. 

When steeplechases are advertised to be run under the Ameri- 
can Racing Rules, these rules shall be applicable, with the follow- 
ing conditions : 

127 — Distance. 

No steeplechase shall be of less distance than one mile. 



42 STEEPLECHASE RULES. 

128 — Scale of Weight. 
No horse shall carry less than 120 pounds in any steeplechase. 

129 — Foul Riding. 

The Judges shall have power to disqualify any horse from being 
declared the winner of a steeplechase, although he should come 
in first, if it can be clearly proved to their satisfaction that the 
jockey, by any deliberate foul riding intended to knock down any 
horse, or in any determined way jeopardize his chance of success 
in the race. Any jockey who shall be found guilty of foul riding, 
and sentenced to either fine, suspension, or expulsion from riding, 
will not be allowed to ride at any meeting over any course run- 
ning under these rules until the officers who have passed the sen- 
tence shall give him a certificate either to say that the fine is paid 
or that they consider the suspension of sufficient duration. In no 
case shall the fine exceed the sum of $100, and expulsion from 
riding for life shall always be the punishment for preventing a 
horse from winning or in a clear case of fraud. 

130 — Post and Flags. 

Horses running on the wrong side of a post or flag, and not 
turning back, are disqualified. 

131 — Winners and Walk- Overs 

Winners of flat and hurdle races are not considered winners in 
steeplechasing. 

A horse walking over or receiving a forfeit, except for a match, 
is deemed a winner. 

132. 

Any rider in a steeplechase, where the ground is not flagged 
out, going upward of one hundred yards on any high road, lane, 
or public thoroughfare, will disqualify his horse from winning, 
although he should come in first. 

Any rider in a steeplechase, where the ground is not flagged 
out, opening any gate or wicket, or passing through any gateway 



STEEPLECHASE RULES. 43 

or common passage from one enclosure to another, will disqualify 
his horse from winning, although he should come in first. 

1 34 — Remounting. 

Any horse getting away from his rider may be remounted in 
any part of the same field or enclosure in which the occurence 
took place ; but should such a horse not be caught until he shall 
have entered another field, then he shall be ridden or brought 
back to the one in which he parted from the rider. Any jockey so 
losing his horse may be assisted in catching and remounting him 
without risk of disqualification ; and in the event of a rider being 
disabled, his horse may be ridden home by any person of sufficient 
weight, provided he be qualified according to the conditions of 
the race. No penalty shall be exacted for carrying over-weight in 
this instance. 

1 35— Flag Marks. 

If any flag, post, or boundary mark be placed in the course-no 
matter by whose order-after the riders have been shown over the 
ground, or had the line of country pointed out or explained to 
them, it shall not be considered binding or of any effect, unless 
such alteration or addition shall have been particularly named, 
previous to starting, to all the jockeys about to ride in the race, 
by one of the Officers, Secretary, Starter, or by their representative 

1 36 — Refusing Jumps. 

If a horse refuse any fence or jump in a steeplechase, and it can 
be proved to the satisfaction of the Judges that he has been led 
over a fence by any of the bystanders, or has been given a lead 
over one by any horseman not in the race, the horse shall be dis- 
qualified for winning, although he should come in first. 



44 BETTING RULES. 

BETTING RULES. 

137. 

In all bets there must be a possibility to win when the bet is 
made. " Yo\i can not win where you can not lose." 

138. 
If a horse entered by an incorrect or insufficient description is 
for that reason disqualified before the race. and prevented from 
running, bets on that horse are void. 

139. 

All pools and bets must follow the main stakes, purse, or prize, 
as awarded by the decision of the Judges, except when in cases of 
fraud the bets are declared off by the Judges. 

140. 

If an ineligible horse be entered for the purpose of betting 
against him, and he finishes first, or if he be entered for the pur- 
pose of being disqualified by objection made after the race, all 
bets made on such race shall be declared off. 

141. 
All bets are play or pay, unless otherwise stipulated. 

142. 
All double bets must be considered play or pay. 

M3- 
Confirmed bets can not be off, except by mutual consent or by 
failure to make stakes at the time and place which may have been 
agreed upon, in which case it is optional with a better not in de- 
fault to declare then and there that the bet stands. If at the time 
specified for making stakes, the horse or horses backed are dead or 
struck out of the engagement, and a start has not been stipulated, 
the better against them need not, while the backer must deposit 
his stake. If there is no stipulation when the bet is made for the 
deposit of stakes, they can not be demanded afterwards. 



BETTING RULES. 45 

144. 

All bets on matches and private sweepstakes depending be- 
tween any two horses, are void if those horses become the property 
of the same person or his confederates subsequently to the bets 
being made., 

k i45. 
Unless agreed by parties to the contrary, all bets between par- 
ticular horses are void if neither of them is placed in the race; ex- 
cept bets between particular horses started for a race of heats, but 
not starting for a third heat, which shall be determined by their 
places in the second heat, and bets between such horses and a 
horse starting for a third heat, which are won by the latter, even 
though he be distanced afterwards. 

146. 

If any bet shall be made by signal or indication after the race 
has been determined, such bets shall.be considered fraudulent and 
void. 

147. 

The person who lays the odds has a right to choose a horse or 
the field ; when a person has chosen a horse the field is what starts 
against him. 

148. 

When a certain number of horses are taken against the field and 
among them are horses struck out of the engagement, or disquali- 
fied, or even never engaged, the bet nevertheless stands, so long as 
there remains one horse which is qualified to start at the time tbe 
bet is made. 

149. 
If odds are laid without mentioning the horse before the race 
is over, the bet must be determined by the state of the odds at the 
time of making it. ! 

150. 
When a race is postponed, all bets must stand ; but if the slight- 
est difference in the terms of the engagement is made, all bets be- 
fore the alteration are void. 



46 BETTING RULES 



i Si- 

Bets made on horses winning any number of races within the 
year shall be understood as meaning between the 1st of January 
and the olst of December, both inclusive. 

152. 

If a bet be made between two horses, with a forfeit affixed— say 
$100 half forfeit— and both horses start, either party may declare 
forfeit ; and the person making such a declaration would pay $50 
if the other horse was placed in the race, but would receive noth- 
ing in the event of his horse being placed. 

i53- 
Money given to have a bet laid shalFnot be returned, though 
the race be not run. 

154. 
Matches and bets are void on the decease of either party before 
the match or bet is determined. 

155. 
Bets on a match for which a dead heat is run are void ; and if 
the match is run over again instanter, it is considered a fresh en- 
gagement. 

156. 

"When the rider of any horse has weighed out, and the horse's 
number has been put up, all bets respecting such horse shall be 
play or pay, [except when the horse is excused, or in case of fraud. 

I 57- 

When a horse runs a dead heat for a purse or sweepstakes, and 
the owners agree to, or by the rules of racing, divide, all bets be- 
tween such horses, or between either of them and the field, must 
be settled by the money betted being put together and divided 
between the parties in the same proportion as the prize or stakes. 

If the dead heat be the first event of a double bet between either 



BETT1N<; RULES: 



47 



of the horses making it and the field, the bet is void, unless one 
horse received above moiety, which would constitute him a win- 
ner in a double event. 

If the dead heat be the first event of a double bet between the 
horses making it, the bet is void, unless the division was unequal, 
in which case a horse receiving a larger proportion would, in a 
double event, be considered as better placed in a race than one re- 
ceiving a smaller sum. 

If a bet is made on one of the horses that ran the dead heat 
against a beaten horse, he who backed the horse that ran the dead 
heat wins the bet. 

153. 
If a match be run by mistake after the principals have compro- 
mised, it does not affect the betting or the result. 

1 59- 

Pools shall not be play or pay. 

160. 

Where two or more horses start in a race, owned wholly or in 
part by the same person, they shall be coupled and sold as one 
horse in all pools, Paris mutuals, and book-betting. 



In place betting, the money shall be awarded as the horses are 
placed by the Judges. 

162. 

Associations running under these rules may enforce the pay- 
ment of all bets. 



At the Annual Meeting of the American Turf Congress, 
held at Chicago, November 14, 1889, the following officers 
were elected : 

T. J. MEGIBBEN, President, 

Address, Cynthiana, Ky. 
O. L. BRADLEY, Treasurer, 

Address, Lexington, Ky. 
B. G. BRUCE, Secretary, 

Address, Lexington, Ky. 



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